Blood orange, thyme and ginger beer (it’s non-alcoholic) make this mocktail a light, bright, refreshing way to begin or end the big Thanksgiving meal. If you’ve never tried it, ginger beer is a spicier, more intensely flavored alternative to ginger ale, and is also delicious on its own.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Active: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup blood orange juice plus 2 blood orange slices, for serving
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 large sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 1/4 cups ginger beer
- 1/2 cup cranberry juice
- Frozen cranberries, for serving
Instructions
- Add the blood orange juice, sugar and thyme to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and cook for 2 minutes to let the flavors infuse. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep and cool to room temperature.
- Discard the thyme; strain the syrup through a sieve. At this point, the syrup can be covered and refrigerated until ready to use, up to 1 week.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the blood-orange syrup to each of 2 highball glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with half of the ginger beer, then half of the cranberry juice. Stir and serve with some frozen cranberries and 1 blood orange slice.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 2 servings |
| Calories | 269 |
| Total Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 68 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 62 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 14 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 2 servings |
| Calories | 269 |
| Total Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 68 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 62 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 14 mg |